I'm An Ordinary Man-Nat King Cole

[ti:I'm An Ordinary Man] [ar:Nat King Cole] [al:My Fair Lady] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I'm An Ordinary Man - Nat King Cole [00:05.74]I'm an ordinary man [00:08.73]Who desires nothing more than just this ordinary chance [00:14.73]To live exactly as he likes and do precisely what he wants [00:20.69]An average man am I of no eccentric whim [00:26.46]Who wants to live his life free of strife [00:30.27]Doing whatever he thinks is best for him [00:37.22]Just an ordinary man [00:43.18]But let a woman in your life and your serenity is through [00:51.15]She'll redecorate your home from the cellar to the dome [00:54.01]And then go on to the enthralling fun of overhauling you [01:00.38]Oh let a woman in your life and you're up against a wall [01:06.48]Make a plan and you will find [01:08.03]She has something else in mind [01:09.56]And so rather than do either you do something else [01:12.02]That neither likes at all [01:16.11]You want to talk of Keats and Milton [01:19.10]She only wants to talk of love [01:22.25]You go to see a play or ballet and spend it searching for her glove [01:28.48]Oh let a woman in your life [01:31.53]And you invite eternal strife [01:34.82]Let them buy their wedding bands for those anxious little hands [01:42.57]I'd be equally as willing for a dentist to be drilling [01:46.50]Than to ever let a woman in my life [01:53.38]I'm a very gentle man [01:56.70]Even tempered and good nature [01:59.89]Who you never hear complain [02:02.85]Who has the milk of human kindness [02:05.86]By the quart in every vein [02:09.01]A patient man am I down to my fingertips [02:14.98]The sort who never could ever would [02:18.91]Let an insulting remark escape his lips [02:26.45]Just an ordinary man [02:32.08]But let a woman in your life [02:36.90]And patience hasn't got a chance [02:40.02]She will beg you for your advice your reply will be concise [02:43.19]And she will listen very nicely and then go out [02:45.16]And do exactly what she wants [02:49.64]You are a man of grace and polish [02:52.63]Who never spoke above a hush [02:55.75]All at once you're using language [02:58.85]That would make a sailor blush [03:02.01]Oh let a woman in your life [03:05.07]And you're plunging in a knife [03:08.56]Let the others of my sex tie the knot around their necks [03:16.96]I prefer a new edition of the Spanish inquisition [03:20.72]Than to ever let a woman in my life [03:27.68]I'm a quiet living man [03:31.83]Who prefers to spend the evening in the silence of his room [03:37.90]Who likes an atmosphere as restful as an undiscovered tomb [03:44.14]A pensive man am I of philosophical joys [03:50.08]Who likes to meditate contemplate [03:53.91]Free for humanities mad in human noise [04:01.17]Just a quiet living man [04:07.29]But let a woman in your life and your sabbatical is through [04:15.24]In a line that never ends comes an army of her friends [04:18.07]Come to jabber and to chatter [04:19.73]And to tell her what the matter is with you [04:24.61]She'll have a booming boisterous family [04:27.58]Who will descend on you uh mass [04:30.68]She'll have a large Wagnerian mother [04:33.84]With a voice that shatters glass [04:36.99]Oh let a woman in your life [04:39.97]Oh let a woman in your life [04:43.04]Let a woman in your life [04:59.10]I shall never let a woman in my life